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Rebuilding Haiti’s Schools

By Jennifer Price

During a visit to her alma mater, First Lady of Haiti Elisabeth Delatour Preval addressed the urgency around rebuilding the country’s education system after January’s...

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A Special Homecoming

Before February, Elana Meyers’s favorite athletic moment was hitting the game-winning grand slam which sent the George Washington women’s softball team to its first Atlantic 10 tournament. But...

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Madoff: One Year Later

By Jamie L. Freedman

One year ago, Bernard Madoff confessed to perpetrating the largest investment fraud of the 21st century, sending shock waves through the global financial community. A...

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Critical Learning

By Jennifer Price

Emily Martuscello dreams of saving lives as an emergency medicine physician.

But because she’s only a freshman at George Washington, it will be several years...

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A Religion Revealed

“I grew up feeling very uncomfortable around religion,” says Gina Welch, a creative writing instructor in GW’s English Department who grew up in Berkeley, Calif. “I remember having to say the...

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Fighting Words

By Menachem Wecker

Martha Raddatz’s favorite answer she ever received from former President George W. Bush came in response to a question she posed about the war in Iraq at a White...

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Competitive Conservation

A little friendly competition never hurt anyone— in fact, it can help the planet. The GW Eco-Challenge and RecycleMania, two major initiatives at The George Washington University, are rallying...

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It’s a Match!

By Anna Miller

For some, graduation day represents the culmination of academic experience. For medical students, though, Match Day is more important, says Charles Macri, associate...

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A Capitals Conversation

By Julia Parmley

Sean Roberts is an associate professor of the practice of international affairs, director of GW’s International Development Studies program, blogger — and interpreter for...

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GW Named Educator of the Year

George Washington University President Steven Knapp accepted on behalf of the university the Educator of the Year Award from the World Affairs Council – Washington, D.C., on March 10.

In...